3D Printed
Car

I surface modeled my personal vehicle — a Mini Clubman — in Rhino 3D, then held the result in my hands.

A study in translating complex automotive form into a controlled, manufacturable model. Surface and direct modeled, printed in PLA at 1:10 scale.

Using my personal Mini Clubman as a reference, I created a clean, watertight vehicle model with continuous surfaces, good enough to hold up as a physical object.

Building a printable object from complex automotive geometry was the goal, and it was far from simple. This Mini in particular has no creases or hard edges to fall back on, which proved challenging when it came to building the model accurately.

Starting with building curves from two traced lines, the initial surface skeleton of the body was built. Most of these surfaces were eventually reworked — the roofline and door shoulders in particular required multiple approaches before the curvature continuity felt right across the whole form.

Nothing cooler than holding something
you built yourself.